Google is now trying to put a leash on Android download too. Of course they call it “security”, because every power grab sounds nicer when you wrap it in child-safety PR language.The problem is obvious: once Google controls which “unknown” apps people are allowed to install, they also control what can realistically be shared.Don’t like an app? Don’t verify it.Don’t like a dev? Block him.Don’t like a tool, fork, client, adblocker or privacy app? Make it painful to install.Android’s whole selling point was that it wasn’t iOS. Open, flexible, user-controlled.Now they want Android to become iPhone with extra steps.https://keepandroidopen.org/
tell me more, clanker
This sucks, I already migrated to android to run from Apple madness Now the Google is getting like a emperor complex
>>109153769“AI generated” is not a counterargument, retard.Does Google controlling sideloading become good because Pangram said so?
>>109153807i think it's a pretty good counterargument t bhif your op isnt full of typos and racial slurs i'm just going to assume you're not a human
>>109153829>>>Thanks for the tip, next time I will make assure to write like a monkey with Down syndrome.But talking serious rn, Google still shouldn’t be the gatekeeper for APK installs. This will fuck everybody, every other company will look to what Google did... Already thought if they apply this shit for laptop or desktop...The chaos to be allowed to download just what Microsoft wants to?
>>109153720Can't you just remove google play services from your phone to avoid this?
>>109153929The answer, unfortunately, is No.For unregistered apks, Google is adding advanced-flow / 24h waiting-period bullshit.So normie sideloading becomes: dig through settings, accept scary warnings, wait a day, then maybe install.This in your own fucking phone.
Modern tech is a cancer and things will only get worse, because the older generation is old and lazy, new generation is retarded and won't do shit.
The Technology Industry was a completely different thing until Steve Jobs death...
>>109153720Apps don't need to be verified to be installed. You can just go through the enable sideloading flow once and do whatever you want.
>>109153868>apply to desktopAre you retarded? Apple's Gatekeeper and Windows' "You're installing an app outside of the store" prompts already exist and have for many years.
>>109154054until they change it at some point for muh security
>>109154070That’s exactly the point, "genius" .Everybody knows Android already has “install unknown apps” settings...The point is that there wasn’t a 24h babysitter lock before letting you install shit on your own phoneA warning prompt is one thing“Come back tomorrow and maybe we’ll let you install this APK” is another.If you want become Google's new whore, fine it's your choice. I'm not into this shit
>>109154108Why if Google had bad intentions let you install whatever you want after that 24h period? Wouldn't that go against the control you're claiming they want. They literally saw a lot of old retarded grandmas just install whatever when Pajeet is with them on the phone.
>>109154115boiling frog, make some of the nerds shut up for a bit, once more people are okay with / forgot about it tighten the screw, make it 72 hours, or disable it outright
>>109154115OP is right in this point,I mean, control doesn’t need to be a total ban.Make something annoying enough and normies stop doing it.That’s the whole point: Android sideloading becomes “technically allowed”... But painful enough to normies like you that only nerds bother
>>109153720>that thing>other thingYou make yourself look dumb.
